2022 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Trugraf Gene Expression Profile in a Multicenter Cohort (TOGETHER Study)
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the performance characteristics of TruGraf GEP in a real-world population.*Methods: This was a multicenter observational analysis…2022 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Definition of Death in Donation After Circulatory Death Policies
*Purpose: Organ transplantation operates through a shared network requiring organizations, hospitals, and individuals to work towards a common goal. However, the policies that govern each…2022 American Transplant Congress
Interaction Between Financial Barriers and Other Motivators, Barriers, and Facilitators of Living Organ Donation
*Purpose: Our objective was to assess how financial barriers to living donation interact with other motivators, barriers, and facilitators during the decision-making process.*Methods: Data were…2022 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Micafungin Bridging on Prevention of Invasive Candidiasis Post Lung Transplantation
*Purpose: This study aims to determine the effect of micafungin, added as a bridging agent to azole antifungal prophylaxis, in lung transplantation patients with positive…2022 American Transplant Congress
Use of De Novo mTOR Inhibitors in Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: mTOR inhibitors (mTORi) allow calcineurin-inhibitor reduction without loss of efficacy and may improve allograft-transplant outcomes. However, the safety of this protocol in high-immunological risk…2022 American Transplant Congress
Developing A Tool To Assess Psychosocial Determinants Of Health And Quality Of Life In Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Psychosocial assessment prior to liver transplantation is essential to ensure that caregivers and pediatric patients are adequately prepared for this complex process. There are…2022 American Transplant Congress
Increased Risk for Allograft Loss in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients After Biopsy for Chronic Allograft Dysfunction
*Purpose: Chronic allograft dysfunction (CGD) is the first sign of a “troubled kidney”. CGD was defined as >25% increase in serum creatinine relative to a…2022 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Transcriptomics Reveal Allograft Immune Cell Patterns Associated with Histological Features of Acute Cellular Rejection in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Development of successful tolerance induction strategies using immune cell-based therapies in transplantation depends on improved understanding of the local intra-graft cellular milieu that underlies…2022 American Transplant Congress
Antibody Response and Molecular Graft Surveillance in Kidney Transplant Recipients Following Sars-CoV-2 Vaccination
1Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, 2CareDx, Brisbane, NY
*Purpose: Preliminary studies suggest that kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) show diminished humoral responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Although reports of allograft rejection after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination have…2022 American Transplant Congress
Inflammation After Kidney Transplantation Is Associated With Overall- And Death-censored Graft Loss
Department of Transplantational Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: Early graft loss after kidney transplantation (KT) is mainly a result of acute rejection, while long-term graft loss episodes are often dependent on multifactorial…
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